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CircuitMan
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Boy, I could really use some help here. Luckily I was working on my own van, not a customer's, but anyway I had been using a + domelight wire and switched to a - without realizing the polarity change, and when I triggered the domelight supervision I sent +12v into a domelight wire expecting ground. I smelled something electronic burn :-( Now I've got no headlights, windshield wipers, or parking lights on my 97 Dodge Caravan. Anyone got a schematic?
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FUSE

Get a tech sheet at www.designtech-intl.com

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Hey Murph, do I buy the tech sheet there? And what does it tell me? I've already got Directechs and metra's service, but they only tell me wire colors.
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I'll have to look through my manuals for that one. [Cool]

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quote:
Originally posted by boommerextreme:
SPAMMER!
I'll have to look through my manuals for that one. [Cool]

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Murph
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quote:
Originally posted by Murph:
FUSE



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check all fuses first. BCM controls alot of functions on those vans. You may need a wiring sheet from an actual repair manual to trace the domelight wire to where it starts.
I could print one but by the time it is faxed you will not be able to see it. You have to et the wiring info from alldata or mitchel repair.

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Prob just a fuse - thats what that $100 snapon test light is good for - rapidly checking fuses [Smile]

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Murph
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quote:
Originally posted by xtremesplokc:
Prob just a fuse - thats what that $100 snapon test light is good for - rapidly checking fuses [Smile]
$100 test light in a multiplexing vehicle can cause big repair costs.

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i think what murph is trying to say is always fuse your wires. like the wire coming from the brain that goes to the parking lights. if it was fused i would say you wouldn't have toasted your stuff.

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no Murphy is telling you to check the fuse in the van. it should have just blown a fuse...
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